Authors explore the feasibility of camping programs for incorporation into the state hospital system of Texas. (CB)

A rationale is presented for using a coping-skills training approach with college students who face important environmental demands. Two case examples of college students suffering from test anxiety illustrate the effectiveness of brief therapy approaches in teaching coping skills. (Author/CJ)

Described is a new approach to family therapy which treats emotional problems by exploring here-and-now interpersonal relationships within the basic human group. This approach portends a drastic revision of the role that psychotherapy should play in our society. (Author/KC)

Examined effects of training six parents to use Enhanced Milieu Teaching with their preschoolers with autism/pervasive developmental disabilities. Found that parents learned strategies during 24 individual training sessions, generalized strategies to home interactions, and maintained procedure use at 6 months follow-up. Most children's complexity…

A therapy camp for bereaved children gives campers a weekend of one-on-one support to help them deal with the loss of a loved one. Psychologists lead workshops, evaluate children for need of further counseling, and assist the big-buddy volunteers. Matching people, activities that encourage sharing, and the need for flexibility and understanding…

Discusses Alcoholism as an illness in light of Alcoholics Anonymous' milieu therapy oriented program. (Editor)

Paper presented at the Brazilian Meeting on Child Neuropsychiatry (1st, Guaruja, Sao Paulo, August, 1968). (JM)

Reduction of environmental stress by altering utilization of living space and increase in availability of varieties of sensory stimulation were successful in improving severe behavioral problems of institutionalized profoundly and severely retarded adults. (KW)

The diagnosis and treatment of a 13-year-old female who manifested postencephalitic behavioral syndrome 9 years after an acute measles infection are described, along with the history of the case. The case illustrates that an interdisciplinary approach using a single-case experimental design can be clinically effective. (SEW)

The Gestalt experiment is applicable to sex therapy. Familiarity with modes and methods of experimenting permits the therapist's creativity to emerge. Applications of sexual metaphors and sex dysfunction as a nightmare are presented, using methods drawn from Gestalt dream work. The use of Gestalt experiments are illustrated in a client-therapist…

Investigated two dimensions of the verbal exchange, "here-and-now" v "there-and-then" verbal content and positive v negative affective tone, through use of a feedback device developed by the second author. Feedback enhanced use of affective verbalizations. The positive here-and-now condition enhanced group cohesiveness most. (Author)

A study combined group sweating and group counseling. Four adolescent boys with disruptive behavior disorders participated in 12 sweat therapy sessions. They reported the sessions useful for sharing personal concerns and receiving assistance with problem solving. Three boys showed improvement in self-esteem. Advantages of sweat therapy over other…

Focusing on the drug addiction problem and its antecedent conditions in a Chicano population, the article examines several therapeutic interventions suggested by these conditions and indicates how they might be incorporated into a drug addiction Therapeutic Community treatment program designed to meet the needs of Chicano drug addicts. (Author/NQ)

The article discusses how medicine men help members of their tribes cope with their emotional problems. (NQ)